sometimes it seems like things are a lot more basic than i realize and i start to feel GOOD just for the fact that summer is a thing that happens and washington is a place that exists and it is possible for a smart and good-looking person of the opposite sex to tell his sister he had a good conversation with me. these things make shit like social anxiety and the instinct to hide away seem senseless. there are better things possible in the future. stop fearing people before you meet them!